Name: Faucicola boevrei (Kodjo et al. 1997) Sbissi et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Moraxella boevrei Kodjo et al. 1997

Etymology: boev’re.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. boevrei, of Bøvre, in honour of Kjell Bøvre, a Norwegian microbiologist, in recognition of his many contributions to the field of Moraxella and Neisseria identification and taxonomy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … BO͡EW-re-i, feminine

Type strain: 88365; ATCC 700022; CCUG 35435; CIP 104716; DSM 14165; NCTC 12925

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16S rRNA gene: DQ156147 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6820. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Moraxella boevrei Kodjo et al. 1997

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moraxella boevrei Kodjo et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Faucicola boevrei is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Faucicola.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-07-15.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Faucicola Humphreys et al. 2015

Assigned by: Sbissi I, Kammoun I, El May H, Bouzidi T, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6820. 🇹🇳

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Record number: 66382